Improvisation Italian-Style

Women with Fish

This out of control nun bought all the fish these guys had to sell. He had to close shop for the day after she finished with him. Must be a huge convent. Either that or, more likely, she had a side-line business going on. I don’t know, I’ve never really trusted nuns.

Don’t know if it was here or in Italy. If the conversation was in English, maybe it went like this:
Customer comes in after Sister cleaned out the supply.
“Do you have any fish?”
Fishmonger: “No. Nun”
Customer: “What you mean, none?!”
Fishmonger: “No, nun. The nun bought all the fish!” :-)

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